Campaigning is picking up in western Uttar Pradesh with star campaigners of every party trying to reach every nook and corner of the 16 Lok Sabha constituencies going to polls in the first two phases on April 11 and 18.
With just six days left for the end of campaigning for the first phase polls, Congress has chalked out its strategy and planned joint rallies of party president Rahul Gandhi and AICC general secretary and UP east in-charge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
On the other hand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who launched his election campaign from Meerut on March 28, will campaign in Amroha and Saharanpur on April 5 to boost the prospects of the BJP candidates.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, along with Union and state ministers, are also frequenting several constituencies every day, holding 4-8 public meetings to garner support for party candidate.
Sources in the Congress here said on Wednesday that Rahul Gandhi, his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Congress general secretary in charge of UP west, Jyotiraditya Scindia would hold four joint rallies on April 8, just a day before the end of the campaigning for phase one. The rallies will be held in Saharanpur, Meerut, Bijnor and Kairana.
Congress is contesting six of the eight Lok Sabha seats going to polls in phase one in UP. It has left Baghpat and Muzaffarnagar seats for the SP-BSP-RLD alliance.
Scindia, who has been missing from campaign in UP till now, will hold four meetings along with a roadshow in west UP on April 7.
Scindia will hold election meetings in Noida, Khurja, Ghaziabad and Meerut and roadshow in Meerut.